-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I used a combination of the Asus hosted Xandros repository, with some community Xandros and Debian sources. The debian.org site has some good info on "apt pinning" to keep from breaking things. This worked well, except some kde apps that were not part of the default install would not install.
You can install a full on distro onto an SD card, and then boot into that (the bios can even be set to do this by default) leaving the original OS alone. I just replaced the OS with Xubuntu and have been real happy ever since (I could not get kdevelop to install and work properly, not surprising given 3 different sources). I have all the hardware working (wifi, webcam, sound etc.) with a complete OS. Boot time is slightly longer. Another advantage is that I now have Bluetooth working the way I am used to, with internet access via my cell phone if I need it. TekBudda wrote: | I am pretty sure this exists somewhere, but I have not been able to find | it as of yet. | | I would like my 3E-PC to boot into the full desktop mode by default but | not sure how to do that. Anyone come across it? | | Also, I would like to install additional software (i.e. GIMP, etc.) that | may not be approved and available in asus's repositories. Am I correct | that all I would need to do is to add say a debian or ubuntu respository | to the sources file to get the programs I am looking for? I have tried | this a while back, but I seem to remember experiencing errors in doing | so...and because of my brain fartiness...I can't recall the errors. I | would imagine they have something to do with permissions. | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | _______________________________________________ | clug-talk mailing list | [email protected] | http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca | Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) | **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHoPLkwRXgH3rKGfMRAlp+AJ9z6Wi0RZDIs1ugMHAA5h6zqSNCQwCeIZHV uunbOcJjNntCSrWzXMDzoxI= =aOEO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
